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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which other name is mentioned within the prologue, in addition to the person to whom it is addressed?
(a) Marion.
(b) Lisa.
(c) Mabel.
(d) Rebecca.

2. Which character cries as a result of Jake's warning about a certain entity taking the children in the classroom?
(a) Mabel.
(b) Owen.
(c) Matt.
(d) Tabby.

3. Jake runs out of which room in Chapter 18, yelling that he hates his father, Tom?
(a) Den.
(b) Office.
(c) Living room.
(d) Kitchen.

4. What type of Minecraft item of clothing was Neil wearing when he disappeared?
(a) T-shirt.
(b) Sweatshirt.
(c) Hat.
(d) Underwear.

5. The predator featured in Chapter 1 watches Neil throw rocks at what type of object?
(a) A bench.
(b) A jungle gym.
(c) A television.
(d) A window.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is revealed in Chapter 21 by Neil's murderer that he had kept Neil for how many months before killing him?

2. What color polo shirt had Tony Smith been wearing the day he went missing?

3. In Chapter 5, when Jake and Tom get ready to move, how many months have passed since Rebecca's death?

4. How many dead children's bodies were found in Frank Carter's house?

5. What had the creature outside Neil's window been doing, according to Neil?

Short Essay Questions

1. With what sentiment does the writer of the prologue end his address to his son Jake?

2. From whose perspective is the beginning of Chapter 1 narrated and what is the setting?

3. What does Jake tell his father Tom in Chapter 11 that convinces Tom to honor the boy's request to sleep in his father's bed?

4. Whose courage does Pete admire in Chapter 12 when he reflects upon the capture of Frank Carter?

5. What does Jake do when Tom asks if he wants to say goodbye at the end of Chapter 4?

6. At what point in the investigation of Neil Spencer's disappearance does Pete get officially involved?

7. When Pete visits Frank Carter in prison in Chapter 15, Frank Carter says that he will give up Tony Smith's whereabouts if Pete takes what action?

8. What aspect of Jake's drawing bothers Tom in Chapter 8?

9. What mysterious elements are included in the prologue of the novel? Discuss one that is explained within the first seven chapters.

10. When the girl in the checked white-and-blue dress repeats the whole rhyme to Jake in Chapter 17, what acts does it warn against taking?

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